Re: Re: Debian gnupg2 (2.1.11-7+exp1) experimental

[waldeck@gmx.de]

Hi Daniel,

thanks for your feedback.

> gnupg-agent is the only way to use secret keys in the modern version of
> gnupg (for decryption or signing).  this isn't a "convenience function",
> but rather a main purpose of gnupg itself.
Okay, thanks for the clarification.
Maybe I got it wrong due to the fact that it is a dedicated package.

> It's not clear to me why apt would require the full gpg for regular use
> at all -- it should only need gpgv to verify the Release files.  
> Maybe the apt folks (cc'ed here) can tell us why gnupg is a Depends: 
> instead of a Recommends: for apt?

Julian, Michael, David, ... any ideas from your side?

Thanks in advance!

Markus